Island in County Clare, Ireland
Inishloe or Low Island (Gaeilge: Inis Lua[1]) is an uninhabited island in the River Fergus and townland in the Kildysart parish of County Clare, Ireland.
Geography
The island's surface area is 52.68 hectares (130 acres).[2]
Demographics
It has been uninhabited since 1976[3] however the 1901 census showed 43 inhabitants[4] which reduced to 32 in 1911.[5]
Historical population| Year | | |
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| 1841 | 114 | — |
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| 1851 | 93 | −18.4% |
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| 1861 | 96 | +3.2% |
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| 1871 | 91 | −5.2% |
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| 1881 | 55 | −39.6% |
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| 1891 | 43 | −21.8% |
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| 1901 | 43 | +0.0% |
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| 1911 | 32 | −25.6% |
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| | Year | | |
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| 1926 | 28 | −12.5% |
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| 1936 | 23 | −17.9% |
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| 1946 | 27 | +17.4% |
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| 1951 | 14 | −48.1% |
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| 1956 | 10 | −28.6% |
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| 1961 | 9 | −10.0% |
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| 1966 | 7 | −22.2% |
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| 1971 | 3 | −57.1% |
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| | Year | | |
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| 1979 | 0 | −100.0% |
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| 1981 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1986 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1991 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2006 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2011 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. |
The table reports data taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.
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